Cultural Amnesia: America's Future and the Crisis of MemoryBloomsbury Academic, 28 de fev. de 2000 - 192 páginas According to Bertman, just as an individual needs memories to maintain a sense of personal identity, so does a nation need them in order to survive. Like Alzheimer victims, however, today's Americans are rapidly losing a consciousness of history, and with it, a sense of national identity and direction. |
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... asked me what had happened . I told her in great detail . She reached out her hand to mine and said , " I love you , " closed her eyes and slept . The next morning she awoke and asked me what had happened to her . I explained again in ...
... asked of Ameri- cans at large , offer disturbing evidence of amnesia on a national scale . " Do you know where you ... asked to locate the countries named above as well as the Soviet Union , Egypt , South Africa , Vietnam , Central ...
... asked such questions as " What is this species of compo- sition called ? " and " Relate the facts of this dialogue . " McGuffey's Fourth Reader included selections from Longfellow and Hawthorne , and the Fifth Reader from Shakespeare ...
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Prologue The Land of the Lotuseaters | 1 |
Cultural Amnesia | 5 |
Memory and Personal Identity | 19 |
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